The Irish standard., 1887-10-15
FARGO.
Mayor Edwards Address to Cardinal Glib
bons-Rey. Father Collins to the
Kniphts cf Labor.

Mayor Edwards Address TO cardinal G1f
bons-Rey. Father Collins to the
} KNIGHTS Of Labor.
Lack of time prevented Cardinal Glib
bons from stopping at Fargo. Re1
Father Collins, Of that city, who az
cornpanied the Cardinal as far a
Jamestown, D. IT,, presented His En-,
inence with the following address froE
Mayor Edwards, which speaks for il
self:
MAYORS OFFICE, CITY OF FARGO,
Oct. 5, 1887.
TO His Emincnce, james Cardinal Gibbons:
May it please your Eminence: We
The undersigned, gladly avail ourselve
Of your kind permission to present yo
our heartfelt welcome Oh your first en-
trance into the Land Of the Dakotas
through this. the gateway Of the Nes
Northwest.
You have just crossed the Red Rive
of the North, which divides AIinnesot;
from Dakota, and now foG four hundred
miles you will traverse the great terri
[ tory. As one among the early settlers
and Mayor Of this fair city, l beg tt
make assurance chat all the inhabitants
| would be glad to inset you on this oc-
caslOn to present TO you their homage
| of respect and affection.
We wish to honor you as distil
gulshel American citizen, and a mem
Der of that august senate, ruling the
destjnies Of that most ancient church,
which, in the words Of even Lord Mac
aulav, was 'tgreat and respected before
the Frank had crossed the Rhiae, and
when as yet Grecian eloquence still
flourished i'll Antioch
In your person we recognize the sin
cere lover of this great republic AND
her Institutions, thus perpetuatlng the
patriotic traditions OF Archbishops
Carroll and Hughes, esteemed as bene-
factors OF our common country by a
Washington and Lincoln.
Your name is household word, the
world over, as the intelligent and sym
pathizing advocate of the just and en-
inenty Christian cause of the tolliug
masses, even in the face Of Europe and
in the capital of Christiandon. In
your sermons and discourses you are
reputed to teach liberty, without IL
cense; authority, without despotisn1:
charity for all; malice towards none;
and a supreme love for the good God,
who is the loving father Of us all.
Our pleasure is enhanced, also, in
seeing your Eminence accompanied by
Dakota's own worthy Bishop Marty,
and Bishop Brondell, of Montana, two
Apostolic pioneers, who on both sides
of the Rocky Mountains continue the
ItTric,fjo, l,oroio 10 oT fto
Hennepin, Cretin, Baraga and a
De Smet.
Again we repeat. Your Eminence is
most cordially welcome.
A. w. EDWARDS,
Mayor of Fargo, Dakota,
With others, especially representing
Fargo Catholic parish, St. Mary's Be-
nevolent Society. Catholic Free School
Society, Total Abstinence Society, and
the Knights OF Labor.
REV. FATHER COLLINS TO TEE X. OF L.
Rev. Father Collins, Of Fargo, ad.
dressed large audience at the opera
house in that city. on Thursday even
inc, Oct. 9Th. Subject: THE Catholic
Church the Friend of Laborers."
"The history Of the human race for
four thousand years" the speaker said,
concerned chiefly kings, princes, and
mobiles. tribes and families, but the son
of a carpenter, Christ, the son of God
appeared at the end Of that time, and
then commenced the teaching Of the
fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of
man, and the reign Of the people. The
proud boast o1 the Roman was, L am a
Roman Citizen but it meant one white
man master and a hundred white men
his slaves, with the colored races Of the
whole world considered a little above
the brute creation, and the female sex
the toy of mans brutal passions. Christ,
the Goldman and son of the carpenter.
elevated the whole community regard
less of race, color or condition, intellec-
tsually, socially and politically. The
basis OF all Christian teaching and
legislation, from a Constantine, the
Great, to a Lin coin, emancipator
was inspired and. grounded on
the teachings and example OF the
son Of God. who spent thirty years
of his life in the carpenter shop OF his
reputed father, St. Joseph. Manual
labor was thus dignifed by divine ex-
ample, and the noblest specimen OF hui
manity is the laboring man who takes
as his model the divine example thus
given 1t teaches divine faith, hope.
Charity, honesty and temperance. In
America. especially, the laboring man
has special reasons for thanking Him
who is the Father of us all for this her
itage of boundless continent to be the
home OF the nobiest of workmen and
the freest OF freemen: where there are
no kings, no princes, no mobiles, but
where the people rule, governed by laws
of their own making. No matter to
what church OF party we belong we
should be all practical lovers Of law and
order. If so, our loving Father will
bless us in time and eternity"
The address was about an hour IN
length, was eloquent, and frequently
applauded. At the close. Col. Thomas
proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the
speaker, which was enthusiastically
given. Fargo Argus, Oct. q.